Re: [bolger] How do you know which boat

Dick,
The best and quickest way to see the most boats if the book "Boats With and Open Mind".  I believe Duckworks Magazine has it.  They also have a lot of plans some "related" to Bolger's philosophy, specifically those by Jim Michalak.  Also go to Instantboats.com.  Dynamite Payson has a number of the more easily assembled Bolger boats for sale.  I believe this is the only site selling Bolger plans with the support of PB&F (Phil Bolger and Friends), the name of the organizaton Phil ran.  Phil's idea of selling plans was really for a prospective client to write explaining what he wanted to do with a boat, where he wanted to sail, etc.  Phil would then make suggestions from among his boats to meet your needs.  I see no reason to thing things will not continue to run that way.  Good luck with your selections.

Sincerely,
Gene T.

On 27 Sep, 2009, at 10:21 PM, dickpensil wrote:

If I understand this right Mr. Bolger passed away in May of this year and his Memorial was a couple weeks ago. I take it that he doesn't have a company or employees and was running a one man operation. All the plan sales etc. have fallen to his wife who is still trying to recover from his tragic death. So as of now there are no orders being filled until she can get through this really hard time. Do I have that right so far? 

So with no catalogue or web site how did you guys find the plans for the boat you wanted to build. I read somewhere that he had hundreds of small boat plans drawn up over the years. I sure would like to peruse those different boats to see which one I like best. Are there any plans to amass all or some of the plans into a catalogue or web site? 

I got the fax number but I don't really know what to ask her as I don't know what she has to offer or even if she will continue selling plans. 

Does anyone have any advice how to find any information without appearing cold hearted. This must be a really tough time for her and I really feel badly for her.

Dick 


You can find the books through the library if you hunt. For example, there are two copies of Different Boats (about 1980 -out of print) available in Georgia. They are on opposite sides of the state but will be delivered to your local Georgia library by courier for free through the Interlibrary Loan program if you ask for one of them. Then, if you like it and want to own a copy, go to a book store like Amazon.

Charles

--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, Larry Geib <LJGeib@...> wrote:
>
> Well, he wrote a bunch in books and magazines over the years. It's
> not like his ouvre is a mystery to his fans.
> If you think you might want to be one, go to the library or bookstore.
Couple of web sites for beginning info.

http://www.ace.net.au/schooner/sites2.htm

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bolger/database

Susanne has said she will have plan sales back under way soon. Fax or
mail her what your goals are. If you are not really sure then take a
look at Payson's site for selection of easy built boats.

http://instantboats.com/

"Boats with an Open mind" is still in print. His other books are
"Folding Schooner and other Adventures in Boat Design", "Small Boats",
"Different Boats" and "30 Odd Boats". If you have a good library you
should be able to get them through interlibrary loan.

Us experts are not as informed as we would like to think. Susanne said
at the memorial that there is no published info on at least 40% of his
designs. Her goal is to get it all out there including several
unpublished manuscripts.

HJ

dickpensil wrote:
> If I understand this right Mr. Bolger passed away in May of this year and his Memorial was a couple weeks ago. I take it that he doesn't have a company or employees and was running a one man operation. All the plan sales etc. have fallen to his wife who is still trying to recover from his tragic death. So as of now there are no orders being filled until she can get through this really hard time. Do I have that right so far?
>
> So with no catalogue or web site how did you guys find the plans for the boat you wanted to build. I read somewhere that he had hundreds of small boat plans drawn up over the years. I sure would like to peruse those different boats to see which one I like best. Are there any plans to amass all or some of the plans into a catalogue or web site?
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> I got the fax number but I don't really know what to ask her as I don't know what she has to offer or even if she will continue selling plans.
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> Does anyone have any advice how to find any information without appearing cold hearted. This must be a really tough time for her and I really feel badly for her.
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> Dick
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Well,  he wrote a bunch in books and magazines over the years. It's not like his ouvre is a mystery to his fans. 
If you think you might want to be one, go to the library or bookstore.

You can start your search here:


It has a list of most of his writings.  The oldSmallboat Journalarticles had plans good enough to build from, 
as, I think, did Messing around in boats.

I did built from plans in the former.

Larry

On Sep 27, 2009, at 7:21 PM, dickpensil wrote:

 

If I understand this right Mr. Bolger passed away in May of this year and his Memorial was a couple weeks ago. I take it that he doesn't have a company or employees and was running a one man operation. All the plan sales etc. have fallen to his wife who is still trying to recover from his tragic death. So as of now there are no orders being filled until she can get through this really hard time. Do I have that right so far?

So with no catalogue or web site how did you guys find the plans for the boat you wanted to build. I read somewhere that he had hundreds of small boat plans drawn up over the years. I sure would like to peruse those different boats to see which one I like best. Are there any plans to amass all or some of the plans into a catalogue or web site?

I got the fax number but I don't really know what to ask her as I don't know what she has to offer or even if she will continue selling plans.

Does anyone have any advice how to find any information without appearing cold hearted. This must be a really tough time for her and I really feel badly for her.

Dick


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If I understand this right Mr. Bolger passed away in May of this year and his Memorial was a couple weeks ago. I take it that he doesn't have a company or employees and was running a one man operation. All the plan sales etc. have fallen to his wife who is still trying to recover from his tragic death. So as of now there are no orders being filled until she can get through this really hard time. Do I have that right so far?

So with no catalogue or web site how did you guys find the plans for the boat you wanted to build. I read somewhere that he had hundreds of small boat plans drawn up over the years. I sure would like to peruse those different boats to see which one I like best. Are there any plans to amass all or some of the plans into a catalogue or web site?

I got the fax number but I don't really know what to ask her as I don't know what she has to offer or even if she will continue selling plans.

Does anyone have any advice how to find any information without appearing cold hearted. This must be a really tough time for her and I really feel badly for her.


Dick